Sweetpea is 6 and finishing Kindergarten.  She has made great improvements this past year in sounding out letters and attempting to read words.  We are currently reading the Chronicles of Narnia (we have finished The Magician’s Nephew, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, and The Horse and His Boy, and we are currently reading Prince Caspian.)  She gets very excited when she spots words in the book that she can recognize.  Sweetpea was very distraught by the fact that Aslan died, which opened up the conversation of how Edmund deserved to die, and Aslan chose to die in his place.  It was so much fun to see her face light up and hear her exclaim, “Aslan is Jesus!”

This past Fall, Sweetpea participated as a “Small Paws” cheerleader.  She was very enthusiastic, and has great school spirit.  She practiced two afternoons per week, and cheered at five games at the school, a Phoenix Suns game, and the Glendale Hometown parade.  She keeps asking me when she can participate in track and field.  We cannot wait to see what other events and opportunities at the school she will choose to participate in as she grows.

Recently we celebrated Sweetpea’s sixth birthday.  We had a party at our house, inviting her entire class, and additional friends and family.  We had a special guest at the party, and she made sure to introduce the guest to all of her friends individually, including those who showed up later to the party.

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She still struggles with comprehending the differences between a county, state and city; however, she is aware that we live in Phoenix and Arizona, Yaya and Grandpa Tony live in California, and Meemaw and Papa live in St. Louis.  She is very excited that Daddy is back living with us at home instead of in California.